Recent advances in mass spectrometry techniques for atmospheric chemistry research on molecular‐level

W Zhang, L Xu, H Zhang - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Earth's atmosphere is composed of an enormous variety of chemical species associated
with trace gases and aerosol particles whose composition and chemistry have critical …

Liquid crystal display screens as a source for indoor volatile organic compounds

Q Liu, JPD Abbatt - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have profoundly shaped the lifestyle of humans. However,
despite extensive use, their impacts on indoor air quality are unknown. Here, we perform …

Heterogeneous oxidation of atmospheric organic aerosol: kinetics of changes to the amount and oxidation state of particle-phase organic carbon

JH Kroll, CY Lim, SH Kessler… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric oxidation reactions are known to affect the chemical composition of organic
aerosol (OA) particles over timescales of several days, but the details of such oxidative …

Beyond the formation: unveiling the atmospheric transformation of organosulfates via heterogeneous OH oxidation

SIM Ng, MN Chan - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Organosulfates (OSs), characterized with a sulfate ester group (R–OSO3−), are abundant
constituents in secondary organic aerosols. Recent laboratory-based investigations have …

Multiphase OH oxidation kinetics of organic aerosol: The role of particle phase state and relative humidity

JH Slade, DA Knopf - Geophysical Research Letters, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Organic aerosol can exhibit different phase states in response to changes in relative
humidity (RH), thereby influencing heterogeneous reaction rates with trace gas species. OH …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical characterization of secondary organic aerosol at a rural site in the southeastern US: insights from simultaneous high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol …

Y Chen, M Takeuchi, T Nah, L Xu… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The formation and evolution of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) were investigated at
Yorkville, GA, in late summer (mid-August to mid-October 2016). The organic aerosol (OA) …

Measurements and predictions of binary component aerosol particle viscosity

YC Song, AE Haddrell, BR Bzdek, JP Reid… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Organic aerosol particles are known to often absorb/desorb water continuously with change
in gas phase relative humidity (RH) without crystallization. Indeed, the prevalence of …

Atmospheric OH oxidation chemistry of particulate liquid crystal monomers: an emerging persistent organic pollutant in air

Q Liu, J Liggio, J Wentzell, P Lee, K Li… - … Science & Technology …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are synthetic chemicals widely used in liquid crystal
displays such as televisions and smartphones and have recently been detected in indoor …

Effect of relative humidity on SOA formation from aromatic hydrocarbons: Implications from the evolution of gas-and particle-phase species

T Chen, B Chu, Q Ma, P Zhang, J Liu, H He - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Relative humidity (RH) plays a significant role in secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
formation, but the mechanisms remain uncertain. Using a 30 m 3 indoor smog chamber, the …

Unexpectedly efficient aging of organic aerosols mediated by autoxidation

W Zhang, Z Zhao, C Shen, H Zhang - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multiphase oxidative aging is a ubiquitous process for atmospheric organic aerosols (OA).
But its kinetics was often found to be slow in previous laboratory studies where high hydroxyl …